Spool-holder.



A. P. S. DEEM.

SPOOL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31. 1911.

Patented Dec. 26, 1911.

HIW m Witnesses Inventor I by Attorneys (OLUM IA PLANDGRAY'H COWASHINGTON D C sroon-iionnnn.

1,012, 22. Original application Specification of Letters Patent.Patented Dec. 26, 1911. filed August 1, 1e1o, seria1 110,574,882.Divided'aiid' this apialication filed. January 31, 1911. Serial 110.605,717.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADDISON P. S. DEEM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Belpre, in the county of Washington and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Spool-Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to display racks and is more particularly adivision of an application filed by me on August 1, 1910, saidapplication bearing Serial No. 574,882.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide, in combination with arack, a simple form of spool holder whereby a spool of thread can beproperly supported in such a manner as to easily rotate, said spoolholder being simple in construction, durable and attractive.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the com-' bination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings, the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a display rackhaving the spool holder thereon. Fig. 2 is a detail View of a blank fromwhich the spool holder is formed.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference A designates a framehaving a brace 27 pivotally connected thereto, this brace and itsconnections, however, constituting no part of the present invention butforming the subject matter of a separate application. The frame A hasupper and lower cross bars 2 and 19 respectively, the strip 19supporting a receptacle 22 in which used and unused spools may beplaced. Prongs 32 are punched out of the material of which the top bar 2is formed and extend forwardly from the bar.

' The prongs have a rounded receiving face to engage and retain pens andpencils and the like, and each of them is provided with a sharpdepression or cutting edge 0 which is for the purpose of cutting thread,the thread being led thereto from the spool holders 28. Each of thesespool holders consists of a single piece of metal having outwardlyextending arms 29 and 30 which project in opposite directions and a stud31 which is spirally twisted to allow of the free rotation of a spoolplaced thereon. The arms 29 and 30 form a base to support the spool andpermit rotation thereof.

Each spool holder is preferably formed in a single piece of metal, suchas shown in Fig. 2, said metal piece having parallel incisionscut-therein, as indicated at 29 and whereby the arms 29 and 30 and thestud 31 are produced, the arms 29 and 30 being bent at right angles tothe metal piece so as to form supports for a spool while the stud 31 istwisted as shown in Fig. 1.

Thimble holders such as shown at 26, and other articles found useful inconnection with a structure such as has been described, may be mountedon the rack.

What is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described a frame, and aspool holder carried by the frame and consisting of a plate havingsubstantially vertical faces, laterally spaced oppositely extendingsupporting arms at the upper edge of the plate, and an intermediateupwardly extending stud upon the upper edge of the plate and adapted toextend into the bore of a spool, said stud being twisted throughout itslength.

2. In a device of the class described a supporting structure, asubstantially vertical plate outstanding therefrom, laterally spacedoppositely .gxtending arms integral with the upper edge portion of theplate. an upstanding stud extending from the upper edge ofthe plate andbetween the arms, said stud constitutingspool engaging means and beingtwisted throughout its length to present spiral bearing edges, and anotched thread cutter outstanding from the supporting structure andabove the spool holder.

3. The combination with a support, of a spool holder formed from asingle blank having parallel incisions extending thereinto from one edgeto form arms and a stud between the arms,'said holder includform spiralbearing edges.

as my own, I have hereto al'iixedmy signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

ADDISON P. S.. DEEM.

ing a plate, arms extending in opposite directions from one edge of thep1ate, andfa stud between and perpendicular to the arms and extendingfrom the plate, ,saidrstud being twisted throughout its length toWitnesses:

I DONES M. ALDERMAN,

In testlmony that I claim the foregomg ELMER L. BROWN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

